A Little Bit Of Me | Lifestyle Blog by Charnita Fance

Some books explain grief to you. This one just sits next to you in it. This Side of the Sky: 101 Poems and Scriptures for the Hungry, Hopeful, and Homesick is Laura Wifler's debut poetry collection, and it landed on my porch during a season when I've been thinking a lot about loss, my body changing, and what it means to keep believing God is near when life doesn't feel like it. Wifler is best known as the cofounder of Risen Motherhood, so I went in expecting something aimed mostly at moms. It's not that narrow. This is a book about being a woman who is aging, grieving, hoping, and still trying to notice God in the middle of an ordinary, sometimes exhausting life. It just happens that a lot of that experience overlaps with motherhood, without requiring you to be a mom yourself to feel what she's getting at. Disclosure: I received this item free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. ⚡ Key Takeaways 📖 This Side of the ...

Worthy Girl: Believing in God's BIG Purpose for You is a picture book written by Marshawn Evans Daniels and published by Zonderkidz. It came out on September 15, 2026, and it's aimed at girls ages 4 to 8. The whole point of the book is pretty simple. It tells girls, in language a little kid can actually follow, that they're loved, chosen, and made on purpose for something that matters. That might sound like a message you've heard before, but Daniels writes it in a way that feels more like a poem than a lecture. The text has a rhythm to it, so it reads well out loud, which matters a lot for a bedtime book. You're not fighting through stiff sentences trying to make it sound natural. It already sounds like something you'd want to say to a kid you love. Disclosure: I received this item free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. Daniels isn't new to this kind of message. She's the creator of the Godfidence movement , which is bas...

Fall is an expensive season if you're not paying attention. Between the pull toward a "fall wardrobe refresh," the rising heating bill (which I am not looking forward to), and every store suddenly pushing seasonal everything, it's easy to spend a lot more than you meant to before you've even hit the holidays. I've had to get intentional about this myself, especially while working toward other financial goals, and most of what's helped is boring, practical, and not about depriving yourself of anything cozy. This isn't a lecture about cutting out lattes. It's a realistic plan for enjoying the parts of fall you actually love while keeping your spending in check before the bigger holiday costs show up. ⚡ Key Takeaways 🧥 Fall wardrobe spending sneaks up fast. Knowing the difference between essential layers and impulse buys saves real money. 🔥 Heating bills climb steadily through fall, so preparing for that increase now...

On June 6, 2026, I lost my cat Adah. I'm still in shock, still crying on and off, and honestly still reaching for her out of habit. She was 8 years old and had been by my side for 7 of them. Writing this is hard, but I know it's something I need to do, because if you're searching for information about feline gastrointestinal lymphoma or trying to figure out what comes next after losing your cat, I want you to know you're not alone. I've been right where you are. Adah wasn't just a cat to me; she was like a daughter. She was the one who helped me survive losing my Maltese dog back in February 2019. I got her at the end of March that same year. She was actually my first cat ever. And somehow, without me even realizing it, she became the center of my world. I had no idea that choosing her would be one of the best decisions of my life or that letting her go would be one of the hardest. ⚡ Key Takeaways 🐱 Feline GI lymphoma is the most common c...